Inside The Strike’s “Getaway”: Synths, Sax, and What Really Matters
My Weekly Mixtape: Music Discovery & Nostalgia por Brian Colburn
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This week, I’m joined by Chris Crabb of The Strike — and we get into how a band built on ’80s new wave, synth pop, and yes, saxophone, turned “The Getaway” into a song that’s taken on a life of its own.
From multiple versions on A Dream Through Open Eyes to a stripped-down take that’s now showing up in wedding first dances, we talk about how the same song can evolve — and what those reinterpretations reveal about it along the way.
We also dig into the band’s sonic identity — how those throwback elements found their place in a modern mix — before jumping into “Famous,” ...